Saddam Hussein in an Iraqi courtroom standing trial for crimes against humanity - who’d have thought it?
Well, at lot of us and I’ve got to say this is a happy day. Unlike the ICJ I have sufficient faith in the Iraqi court to believe that they won’t be allowing him the chance to spout off, post Munich-putsch Hitler style.
“I am Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq,” the criminal said.
Makes you wonder exactly how long he was in that hole for. Did he sleep through the war?
He also offered a cursory “Bush is the real criminal.”
I’d find that even more hilarious if some people didn’t actually believe it - look Mr Kennedy, does it seem slightly, I don’t know, ridiculous to watch your views expressed by the most sickening depraved murderous bastard of the late 20th century?
The more the man speaks the more something hideous is evidenced: The anti-war movement was inherently pro-Saddam.
They may not have wanted it to be but it had that effect, this man was its benefactor. The pro-war movement accepted that a war would result in civilian casualties and instability and the sacrifice of coalition lives. It’s time for the anti-war lobby to accept what would have been the consequences of their actions.
As Stephen Pollard put it:
Sorry, no, old chap. Afraid we didn’t listen to Charles Kennedy, George Galloway, and the others who marched last March to try to ensure you remained in power.
Accept your responsibility, take your lumps. The pro-war people have, now you it’s your turn. Look upon the man you would have rule Iraq, listen to the recounting of a litany of horror and genocide and perhaps, just once feel shame for what might have been had your endeavor succeeded.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at July 1, 2004 07:50 PM | TrackBack